is a Japanese jurist and was a judge on the International Court of Justice from 1976 until 2003, when he retired. He served as vice-president from 1991 to 1994. His main area of expertise was law of the sea. He was born in Sapporo.

He earned his law degree from the University of Tokyo in 1947 and his doctorate in law from Yale Law School in 1953.

Shigeru Oda

See also

Nicaragua v. United States

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International Court of Justice judges

Japanese judges

People from Sapporo

1924 births

Possibly living people

University of Tokyo alumni

Yale Law School alumni

Academic staff of Tohoku University

Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class

Recipients of the Order of Culture

Japanese judges of United Nations courts and tribunals

Shigeru Oda